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Kansas City Royals @ New York Yankees

1972-08-27 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · 85°F · 2:38

New York Yankees defeated Kansas City Royals 7–6. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 5th. Sparky Lyle earned the win. John Mayberry went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	8
NYA	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	7	14

W: Sparky Lyle L: Norm Angelini SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Hank Soar · 1B: Russ Goetz · 2B: Hank Morgenweck · 3B: Marty Springstead · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Freddie Patek	5	1	1	0	0	0
Amos Otis	3	2	1	0	1	0
Richie Scheinblum	4	1	2	4	0	0
John Mayberry	4	1	1	1	0	1
Ed Kirkpatrick	4	0	1	1	0	0
Cookie Rojas	3	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Piniella	4	0	1	0	0	0
Paul Schaal	2	0	0	0	2	0
Bruce Dal Canton	1	1	1	0	0	0
Bobby Knoop	1	0	0	0	0	1
Norm Angelini	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Horace Clarke	5	0	2	1	0	0
Bernie Allen	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Murcer	4	0	1	0	1	1
Roy White	5	0	2	0	0	0
Ron Blomberg	3	2	2	0	1	0
Johnny Callison	5	1	2	2	0	0
Thurman Munson	4	1	2	1	0	0
Gene Michael	3	2	2	2	1	0
Wade Blasingame	1	0	0	0	0	1
Felipe Alou	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Ellis	1	0	1	1	0	0
Celerino Sanchez	0	1	0	0	1	0
Ron Swoboda	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bruce Dal Canton	5.1	7	1	3
Tom Burgmeier	0.0	2	1	0
Al Fitzmorris	2.1	2	1	0
Norm Angelini	0.1	2	1	0
Ted Abernathy	0.1	1	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Stottlemyre	1.2	6	1	1
Wade Blasingame	4.1	2	2	0
Ron Klimkowski	2.0	0	0	1
Sparky Lyle	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Freddie Patek: 43
Amos Otis: T9
Richie Scheinblum: D8.3-H
John Mayberry: K
Ed Kirkpatrick: S9.2-H
Cookie Rojas: 7

Bot 1

Horace Clarke: 43
Bernie Allen: K
Bobby Murcer: W
Roy White: 6

Top 2

Lou Piniella: 7
Paul Schaal: 13
Bruce Dal Canton: S8/G
Freddie Patek: S7.1-2
Amos Otis: W.2-3;1-2
Richie Scheinblum: T8.3-H;2-H;1-H
John Mayberry: 2/FL

Bot 2

Ron Blomberg: S3/BG
Johnny Callison: 9
Thurman Munson: 4(B)1(1)/FDP/F9S

Top 3

Ed Kirkpatrick: 7
Cookie Rojas: 9
Lou Piniella: S7/G5.BX2(76)

Bot 3

Gene Michael: 9
Wade Blasingame: K/C
Horace Clarke: S9/G
Bernie Allen: 9

Top 4

Paul Schaal: W
Bruce Dal Canton: 1/SH.1-2
Freddie Patek: 43.2-3
Amos Otis: 13

Bot 4

Bobby Murcer: K
Roy White: S8
Ron Blomberg: 8/F8XD
Johnny Callison: 6/L

Top 5

Richie Scheinblum: 63
John Mayberry: HR/9
Ed Kirkpatrick: 3
Cookie Rojas: 9

Bot 5

Thurman Munson: T9/9LD
Gene Michael: S9.3-H
Wade Blasingame: 34/SH.1-2
Horace Clarke: D8.2-H
Bernie Allen: 43.2-3
Bobby Murcer: 7

Top 6

Lou Piniella: 53
Paul Schaal: W
Bruce Dal Canton: 3/SH.1-2
Freddie Patek: 1

Bot 6

Roy White: 9
Ron Blomberg: DGR/9
Johnny Callison: D7.2-H
Thurman Munson: S9.2-H
Gene Michael: W.1-2
Felipe Alou: 53.2-3;1-2
Horace Clarke: 7/FL

Top 7

Amos Otis: 63
Richie Scheinblum: 7
John Mayberry: 43

Bot 7

Bernie Allen: 31
Bobby Murcer: 43
Roy White: 43

Top 8

Ed Kirkpatrick: 8/F8XD
Bobby Knoop: K
Lou Piniella: 13

Bot 8

Ron Blomberg: W
Johnny Callison: 9
Thurman Munson: WP.1-2
Thurman Munson: 8
Gene Michael: S8.2-H
John Ellis: D8/89XD.1-H
Horace Clarke: 31

Top 9

Paul Schaal: 43
Norm Angelini: 7
Freddie Patek: 7

Bot 9

Celerino Sanchez: W
Bobby Murcer: S8.1-2
Roy White: S5/BG.2-3;1-2
Ron Swoboda: 3/FL
Johnny Callison: S9/F9DW.3-H;2-3;1-2

Notes & reviews

Umpire Hank Soar replaced John Rice who was ill
19 minute rain delay with 2-1 count on Clarke
Cookie Rojas hurt right knee fielding Bernie Allen's grounder and was carried off the field
the ball hit above the auxiliary scoreboard

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